Reimann School

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title: "Reimann School" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1902-establishments-in-germany", "defunct-art-schools-in-germany", "art-schools-in-london"] description: "Former art school in Berlin, Germany" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reimann_School" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Former art school in Berlin, Germany ::

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Field	Value
name	Reimann School of Art and Design
image_name	File:Reimann Art School Berlin.jpg
caption	The Reimann Art School in Berlin
established
closed	1939 or
principal	Austin Cooper
city	{{Plainlist
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• Berlin
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The Reimann School of Art and Design was a private art school which was founded in Berlin in 1902 by Albert Reimann, and re-established in Regency Street, Pimlico, London in January 1937 after persecution by the Nazis. It was the first commercial art school in Britain.

The school closed at the outbreak of World War II and its premises were subsequently destroyed by bombing.

Notable staff

Staff in Berlin included Walter Peterhans, Werner Graeff.

In London, (Florence) Louise Clarke Aldred (1910–1997) was head of textiles from 1939. Stanley Herbert taught poster design and another poster designer, Austin Cooper, was principal. Other staff included Walter Nurnberg (a student from the Berlin school), Richard Hamilton, Leonard Rosoman, Eric Fraser, Milner Gray and Merlyn Evans.

Alumni

The school's alumni included :

Berlin

• Jacqueline Diffring
• Natasha Kroll
• Elisabeth Meyer
• Walter Nurnberg
• Alma Siedhoff-Buscher
• Henry Talbot
• Mauricio Amster

London

• Bruce Angrave
• Agatha Christie
• Dorrit Dekk
• Eileen Evans
• Richard Hamilton
• Anneliese JudaPhilip Carter, ‘Juda, Anneliese Emily [Annely] (1914–2006)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Jan 2010 accessed 20 Jan 2013
• Jon Miller
• Hans Arnold Rothholz
• Iris Birtwistle
• Marianne Steiner (nee Esberg)

References

References

1. "Reimann School". Artist Biographies.
2. Elain Harwood, ‘[http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/articleHL/74955 Bennett, Sir Hubert (1909–2000)]’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oct 2012; online edn, Jan 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/74955, accessed 20 Jan 2013] {{subscription required
3. Geoffrey V. Adams, ‘Gray, Milner Connorton (1899–1997)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2010 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/66081, accessed 20 Jan 2013] {{subscription required
4. [http://archiveshub.ac.uk/features/rothholz/ Feature on HA Rothholz - The Archives Hub]
5. The Reimann School: A Design Diaspora, Yasuku Suga, Artmonsky Arts (2014) {{ISBN. 978-0-9573-8753-9

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